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While todays mapping has improved drastically; as everything from coloring to contours to self-recorded detail are available you still must understand what youíre seeing on your screens. That for many can be a challenge so let me offer a little detail and hopefully give you
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Now this is not one of my fatherís reels. I found this picture on the web. However, this is exactly what they looked like. Pfluger rocket company, at least that is always what my father always called them, made this reel. I believe it was called a Penn Peerless...anyhow.
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Today's fishing has become a game of computers, we are spending thousands of dollars on electronics in order to be the best we can be on the water. The trouble is all this money being spent is adding up to other problems occurring with your boat as the amp draw on todayís electronics
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With the rising cost of bass boats in the past several years more and more people who have been flipping their boat year after a year or so must keep it longer and taking care of it is extremely important. My customers understand my fixation as I must keep my boat looking like
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Itís marsh hen hunting season. I canít say at the moment what the rules and regulations are in regards to this day and time. However, what I can tell you is a little about how my father and I used to hunt marsh hens. My father was a very avid bird hunter. In the case of
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Warm days are not necessarily your best winter time fishing; I understand the winter can be harsh on the body but if you want the best big fish days on the water you probably need to be tougher than the average fisherman. The problem is if youíre after a trophy size bass, the
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When the cold wind blows off the water in the winter and youíre wondering what I can do to get a bite, here are a few tips to think about! One thing I have always believed is that bass eat in the cold winter water when itís easy, their metabolism
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As we see the colder temperatures set in for the winter the bass will once again make some changes in their daily habits; the water temperatures will drop substantially forcing them to look for warmer water. Oxygen levels will once again change and feeding time will once again
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As the water temperature drops down to the fall fishing temperatures between 55 and 70 degrees its time to understand the patterns that develop and the keys that drive the bass to the shallows. As always timing is everything and when bass begin to get a sense that the fall is
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One of the conditions we see on a regular basis in the fall is clear water although this year has been more rain, the reason being is generally we do not see a lot of rain and the thickness of the hydrilla causes the water to clear as it acts as a filter and cleans the water.
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The fall can be some of the best worm fishing of the season, small worms and lots of bites go together like chips and football in the fall time of the year. Most worm fishermen would really improve their hook up ration if they would just fish with the rod tip high, keep your
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As we approach the colder winter months and I start looking for the winter bite, I get reminded why the upper river appeals to me for my winter search of bigger fish. My first reason is shallow water has its advantages in the winter; next Iím better at fishing shallow than deep
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Guntersville has its ups and downs but one thing, one presentation that remains high on the list of fun for the fall fisherman is frog fishing. The key to frog fishing is finding productive grass mats, or to figure out what grass area are productive for the frog bite. Well I
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I ask my good friend Captain Steve ďTriple TroubleĒ Howell to do a little checking on the web to see what he could find out these darn worms. He is a whiz at this sort of stuff! As it turns out the so called ship worms are not worms at all. They are basically in the saltwater
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Habits change in the fall these changes and these pattern movements in fall fishing occurs more in how the largemouth bass changes their habits, and why they relate to open flats more than any time of the year. Reason is simple, bass will more often follow the forage or bait
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